How to pronounce 收 in Cantonese (168 out of 860):

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之後佢話 吓原來收咗皮啦
And then he said, "I'm really skinny.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

之後 zi1 hau6
after
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
話 waa6
spoken words
speech
talk
words
conversation
what sb said M: 种zhǒng [种]
席xí [席]
句jù [句]
口kǒu [口]
番fān [番]
to talk
to speak
to tell
to advise
to persuade
to think
吓 haa5
once
原來 yun4 loi4
originally
收 sau1
to receive
to accept
to collect
to put away
to restrain
to stop
in care of (used on address line after name)
to harvest
to regain
to take something back
to gather
to build an affiliation with someone such as to adopt
to take in
to hide
to retract
to punish
to contain
to end
to retrieve
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
皮 pei2
skin goods, hide
fur
leather
fur coat
capital
overheads
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval

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